Our alliances are not purely based on trading, but it is one of the main features. We offer aid to other players, also via advice and diplomacy. If you joined us you would have both protection and several trade options

You won't find any actual mutual trade alliances. Everyone wants to be a mercenary, a loner, or in a micromanaging alliance with no freedoms. I assume that the alliances will eventually become smaller or larger, but I doubt that any well-known, serious trade alliances will form anytime soon.

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StandardIssue wrote:You won't find any actual mutual trade alliances. Everyone wants to be a mercenary, a loner, or in a micromanaging alliance with no freedoms. I assume that the alliances will eventually become smaller or larger, but I doubt that any well-known, serious trade alliances will form anytime soon.

Wrong my good sir or Madame. viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4768This sorta thing is already in effect, we are just waiting for more members and the servers to more of less stabilize

Hi there! Is this alliance still recruiting? How many members are there so far? If I were to join is it possible for me to focus somewhat at maybe diplomacy and military rather than 100% into trading(I don't want to rely completely on mercs to for defense)?

ConverseKnave wrote:Hi there! Is this alliance still recruiting? How many members are there so far? If I were to join is it possible for me to focus somewhat at maybe diplomacy and military rather than 100% into trading(I don't want to rely completely on mercs to for defense)?

Yes and no, it wasn't suppose to be a alliance per say, it was meant to be a medium to help start a system that would lead to what would amount to how a real country would function. That being said what you wish to do would actually be of great benefit, a "contract" has already been created that anyone can use to create this system within any alliance what we lack of someone to link traders to military players. If you are interested then you essentially would be a keystone in this plan. I've been in talks with a few alliances but so far only one is actively interested in it, but that is ok as one is enough to get the ball rolling. Currently we are just waiting for alliances to get started in the game before we can really do anything more then lay the ground work and prepare, which for the most part we have done. We lack traders right now, but that's the same deal with the game as a whole, so if you are interested we definitely can use you.